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 * Collaborative Lesson Plan (2):

Teachers:** Miller, Conklin, Wing, Golden, Williams, Littrell
 * Date:** January - March
 * Unit of Study:** A research study of Canada
 * Grade:** 2/3
 * Goal & Objectives:** Gain an understanding of the research process - forming essential questions, using print and nonprint sources to answer questions, how to create a bibliography, etc. while researching an aspect of Canada - i.e. animals, a certain city, geography and climate, government, culture, etc. and use a the web 2.0 tool BigHugeLabs for the final project (create a Trading Card).
 * Proposed Learning Activities & Dates:** Students use the teacher created webquest ([]) to guide research. The final project will use BigHugeLabs to create a trading card reflecting their research findings. Students start the webquest in January.
 * Responsibilities:** **Teachers -** Focus on the Winter Olympics in Vancouver **& Teacher Librarian -** Work with students on the research process through the use of the webquest and have students create the Trading Cards on MyBigHugeLabs.
 * Resources: Print -** Books on Canada & **Nonprint -** various websites on the webquest related to Canada, DPS databases and MyBigHugeLabs.com.
 * Content Standards:** Social Studies, Geography 1.1 & 4.2 & Reading & Writing 1-5
 * Information Literacy Standards:** 1 - Uses Information Responsibly & 2 - Researches & Evaluates
 * Reflection:**